Middle East
Ransomed and beaten: Migrants face abuse in Libyan detention
October 13, 2021
Ransomed and beaten: Migrants face abuse in Libyan detention
ONBOARD THE GEO BARENTS OFF LIBYA (AP) — Osman Touré was crying from the pain of repeated beatings and torture…
Israel PM urges UN to hold Iran to account for nuclear moves
October 12, 2021
Israel PM urges UN to hold Iran to account for nuclear moves
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called Tuesday on the United Nations Security Council to take…
In northern Afghanistan, girls’ schools working despite ban elsewhere
October 12, 2021
In northern Afghanistan, girls’ schools working despite ban elsewhere
KABUL, Oct 12 (Reuters) – While girls across most of Afghanistan remain at home while brothers go to high school,…
Hezbollah leader wants investigator in Beirut blast replaced
October 12, 2021
Hezbollah leader wants investigator in Beirut blast replaced
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah group Monday escalated his attack on the judge leading the probe…
Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad’s fortunes, U.S. views shift
October 12, 2021
Israel says it will keep Golan as Assad’s fortunes, U.S. views shift
JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Israel will keep the Golan Heights, which it captured from Syria in a 1967 war,…
Huge fire extinguished at oil facility in southern Lebanon
October 12, 2021
Huge fire extinguished at oil facility in southern Lebanon
ZAHRANI, Lebanon (AP) — Firefighters extinguished a huge blaze that broke out in a storage tank at one of Lebanon’s…
Jordan’s PM reshuffles cabinet in shake-up to spur investments
October 11, 2021
Jordan’s PM reshuffles cabinet in shake-up to spur investments
AMMAN, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Jordan’s prime minister Bisher al Khasawneh reshuffled his cabinet in the fourth shake-up since he…
Record low turnout suggests vote to throw out Iraq’s elite will leave them in power
October 11, 2021
Record low turnout suggests vote to throw out Iraq’s elite will leave them in power
BAGHDAD, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Record low turnout in Iraq’s parliamentary election suggested on Monday that a vote billed as…
Iraq says it has arrested top leader in Islamic State group
October 11, 2021
Iraq says it has arrested top leader in Islamic State group
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq said on Monday it has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a…
A bird stars in rare feel-good tale about Afghan evacuations
October 11, 2021
A bird stars in rare feel-good tale about Afghan evacuations
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The mynah bird squawks from a new cage in the French ambassador’s sunlit…